Education
- MFA, Costume Design and Technology, Ohio University
- BSC, Telecommunications, Video Production, Ohio University
Biography
Michelle’s professional career has taker her to NYC, LA, Cleveland, Columbus, Santa Fe, Salt Lake City, Vermont, and Dayton, as well as various places in Europe while touring with pop star Britney Spears on the Hotel Onyx Tour. She has done everything from design to wardrobe, including film, TV, touring shows, ballet, opera, and theater. She was very honored to work as assistant to design mentors Holly Cole, Laura Cunningham-Bauer, Michael J. Cesario, the late Ursula Belden, and the late Martin Pakledinaz.
Most recently, she applied her theatrical costume training to garment manufacture for the marching arts industry and created ‘extreme’ uniforms on a large scale. She is a 30+ year IATSE cardholder, and is trained in CAD pattern drafting, marker making, and worked most recently as a design assistant and prototype manager at Fred J. Miller, Inc. She is also a costume crafts artisan specializing in masks, millinery, dyeing, and costume distressing/painting.